Psophocarpus

Psophocarpus is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes nine species of climbing herbs or subshrubs native to tropical Africa. Typical habitats include seasonally-dry tropical forest and forest margins, moist wooded grassland and grassland, thicket, swamp, and secondary vegetation. It belongs to subfamily Faboideae.

Species

There are currently 10 living species of Psophocarpus:

Sect. Psocarpus

• P. grandiflorus <small>R.Wilczek</small> – umuharakuku
• P. obovalis <small>Tisser.</small>
• P. palustris <small>Desv.</small>
• P. scandens <small>(Endl.)Verdc.</small> – anonantaka
• P. tetragonolobus <small>(L.) DC.</small> – asparagus bean, princess bean, four-angled bean, winged bean

Sect. Unifoliate

• P. lecomtei <small>Tisser.</small>
• P. monophyllus <small>Harms</small>

• P. indicus <small>Wild.</small> – goa bean, winged bean
• P. lancifolius <small>Harms</small>
• P. lukafuensis <small>(De Wild.)R.Wilczek</small>

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